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Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology.

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Magudia, K; Sugi, MD; Balthazar, P; Donelan, K; Bay, CP; Gupta, R; Maturen, K
Published in: J Am Coll Radiol
June 2020

PURPOSE: After the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments timeline and guidelines were released for the 2021 through 2022 fellowship application cycle, the Society of Abdominal Radiology conducted a survey of residents, fellows, and abdominal imaging fellowship program directors (PDs) to assess stakeholders' perceptions of changes in the fellowship application process. METHODS: Eligible study participants included fellowship PDs of all US abdominal imaging programs and Society of Abdominal Radiology members-in-training. A questionnaire was developed by content and survey experts, pilot-tested, and administered from August to October 2019. RESULTS: Survey response rates were 51.4% among PDs (54 of 103) and 24.2% among trainees (67 of 279), with an overall response rate of 31.8%. Attitudes regarding the abdominal imaging fellowship application process were overall similar between PDs and trainees, including expressed support for a common application. Although trainees and PDs agreed that the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments 2021 through 2022 cycle timeline is preferable to the prior unstructured system, only 42.4% of PDs and 40.7% of trainees supported moving to a formal match, with a significant number of respondents undecided. Both PDs and trainees favored timing fellowship interviews during the fall of the third year of residency (R3 year), with a 1- to 2-month buffer between the start of interviews and offers. CONCLUSIONS: PDs and trainees demonstrate similar attitudes in support of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments 2021 through 2022 cycle timeline and a common abdominal imaging fellowship application. Shifting the interview season from winter to fall of R3 year could be considered to meet the preferences of PDs and trainees alike. Moving to a formal match remains controversial.

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J Am Coll Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1558-349X

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

804 / 811

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Radiology
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Internship and Residency
  • Humans
  • Fellowships and Scholarships
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Magudia, K., Sugi, M. D., Balthazar, P., Donelan, K., Bay, C. P., Gupta, R., & Maturen, K. (2020). Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol, 17(6), 804–811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.003
Magudia, Kirti, Mark D. Sugi, Patricia Balthazar, Karen Donelan, Camden P. Bay, Rajan Gupta, and Katherine Maturen. “Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology.J Am Coll Radiol 17, no. 6 (June 2020): 804–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.003.
Magudia K, Sugi MD, Balthazar P, Donelan K, Bay CP, Gupta R, et al. Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jun;17(6):804–11.
Magudia, Kirti, et al. “Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology.J Am Coll Radiol, vol. 17, no. 6, June 2020, pp. 804–11. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2020.02.003.
Magudia K, Sugi MD, Balthazar P, Donelan K, Bay CP, Gupta R, Maturen K. Prospects of a Fellowship Match for Abdominal Imaging: A National Survey by the Society of Abdominal Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jun;17(6):804–811.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Coll Radiol

DOI

EISSN

1558-349X

Publication Date

June 2020

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

804 / 811

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Radiology
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Internship and Residency
  • Humans
  • Fellowships and Scholarships
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences